Words x 050 - Most Common Words 02 Flashcards
The following set of flashcards rank the most common words used in Tagalog/Filipino based on a UCLA corpus of Tag/Fil texts (Zuraw 2006). Excludes English terms adopted into Filipino. Conjugated verb forms have been grouped together (e.g. magsalita, nagsalita, salita) but paired only with the English infinitive (e.g. to speak) translation. Due to the volume of corpus, this is not an error-free set. Some words may be repeated, and there may be some mistakes. However, to the best of the creator's
kay
for
raw/daw
it is said (reported speech)
pag-
gerund (V-ing) affix
akin/sakin
mine
sana
should, wish
natin (inclusive)
our
buhay
life
nung
when
iyan, yan
that
tayo
we (inclusive)
bákit, ba’t
why
sabi, nagsabi, nagsasabi, sinasabi, sinabi, sabihin, sasabihin, masabi, nasabi, masasabi, sinasabing
to say
gusto
like
dapat
should
palá
surprise particle
tapos, matapos, natapos
done
mas
more
lamang
only
iba
other, another
kanila
to/for them
upang
in order to
araw
day
atin (inclusive)
us
nasa
in, at (reponse to nasaan questions)
nito
this (ng form of ito)
mula
from
anak
child
niyo, nyo
you (polite)
noong
in
maging, naging, magiging, pagiging, nagiging
to be/become
doon, duon, dun
there
Diyos
God
kapag
when
hanggang
until
baká
probably
bagay
thing
ikaw (ang-class; sentence initial)
you
kasama
with
taon
year
mahal
expensive
kita, makita, makikita, nakikita, kitang, nakakita, nakita
to see
ninyo
your (plural)
ha
Contextual speech device that can be used to make requests out of commands (sagot ka vs. sagot ka ha).
ngunit, nguni’t
but, however
marami, madami (coll.)
more
bahay
home
niyan, nyan
that
ang bilang
number
siguro
maybe
kayo (kau)
you (plural; polite)
